2012 TC4 observed
Near Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4 appears as a dot at the centre of this composite of 37 individual 50-second exposures obtained with the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The individual images have been shifted to compensate for the motion of the asteroid, so that the background stars and galaxies appear as bright trails. At magnitude 27, this is the faintest Near Earth Asteroid so far measured.
Credit:About the Image
| Id: | ann17052b |
| Type: | Planetary |
| Release date: | 10 August 2017, 15:00 |
| Related announcements: | ann17052 |
| Size: | 1204 x 780 px |
About the Object
| Name: | 2012 TC4 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
| Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical clear | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |